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> In the context of personal life, you are under absolutely no obligation, regardless of social caste, to join Instagram or Facebook and it's disingenuous to cl
by blotter_paper 7y ago
> In the context of personal life, you are under absolutely no obligation, regardless of social caste, to join Instagram or Facebook and it's disingenuous to claim otherwise.
I've had an employer require me to make a facebook account. They let me use a fake name, but it seems like that decision was made during hiring by my immediate manager. Upper management only allowed it to continue because it was agreed upon during hiring. If I were required to use my real name, it would be impossible to stop actual acquaintances from seeing my profile. You're not obligated to work for a specific company, of course, but saying "nobody is obligated to clean toilets regardless of social class" would seem ignorant of the reality of working class life.
- anovikov 7y agoWhy would employer require anyone to make a facebook account? Also if you make one but never post anything on it, how does it help the employer with whatever their goals may be?
- Impossible 7y agoFacebook is an employer that has a legitimate reason to require that you have a Facebook account.
- jogjayr 7y agoIt never came up when I interviewed there :-) and I doubt it's why I didn't get the offer.
- blotter_paper 7y agoThey were advertising products via facebook posts. They did check in on the account periodically to see if posts were being made.
- anovikov 7y agoAh then it's normal, like an employee is supposed to participate in company's marketing efforts in that way. I see no problem with it, as long this is a part of the job and written in contract, i.e. something he's getting paid for. It's not like they wanted me to make a Facebook account to keep tabs on my private life.
- blotter_paper 7y agoCleaning toilets is also "normal," and you're free to see no problem with it. But if somebody acts like nobody has to clean toilets as a condition of emplyoment and calls anyone who says otherwise "disingenuous," I'm gonna call them out on being wrong.
- beerandt 7y agoAmericans who "work for the federal government" were required to delete their social media profiles as a condition of employment. Not sure if this is still the case. Edit: For those that don't know, thats code for an intelligence agency or similar.
- RandomBacon 7y agoRe you edit: No, it's not.
- beerandt 7y agoIt is literally what intelligence employees are told to say when asked where they work.
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